Goalkeeper"s fear in front of the eleven meter

The prose of the hand is united by one thought: a meaningless, soulless existence of disgusting human nature. His heroes are experiencing an acute inner discord with themselves and with the outside world, do not allow themselves to feel “the bliss of life without convulsions and fear” and feel almost Sartre"s nausea - literally and metaphorically.
These artistic features are most clearly revealed in the most famous story Handke “The goal of the goalkeeper in front of the eleven -meter” (1970) Former goalkeeper Joseph Bloch, aimlessly wandering around Vienna, gets acquainted with the cashier of the cinema, remains with her for the night, and strangles her in the morning. After he runs to a small town, where, hiding, through police reports in the newspapers, he monitors what is happening, realizing that his pursuers are closer and closer ...
longing for real changes and the abstract is also devoted to a “short letter to long farewell” ( 1972) - Chronicle of the journey of a young writer, experiencing the most severe spiritual crisis. Due to a protracted conflict with his wife, who settled down the goal of killing him, he goes to America, where he moves from city to city, changes the hotel behind the hotel, but in fact runs from himself